What's Howard Broad having for dinner?

[Patrick]

All this shit will only stop when they get a "female" commissioner of police, unless the government gets changed first!

So you think I am off the planet? Wait and see! John.

So a female Commissioner is going to stop males looking at stick movies??? R18 or R 16??? PGR perhaps??? What about that Happy Feet movie... there was a penguin that got "paid" for advice by having many girlfriends... Oh my god... where will it end...???!!!

[oldrider]

So a female Commissioner is going to stop males looking at stick movies??? R18 or R 16??? PGR perhaps??? What about that Happy Feet movie... there was a penguin that got "paid" for advice by having many girlfriends... Oh my god... where will it end...???!!!

You miss read me if you think I am in favour of a female commissioner for the sake of it.

If a female applicant is the best person for the job then fair enough but this government has an agenda to place as many females into power positions come hell or high water.

The attacks on male officers will continue until there is a "female" appointed to the commissioners position, or the government is changed.

Just note how female commanders are being pushed forward on the TV news to answer topical questions.

It won't be long, in my opinion, we will have a woman as Commissioner of police in New Zealand whether she is any good or not, the sisterhood are a determined bunch.

Probably too late to rely on a change of government, John Key is looking more and more like a carbon copy of Clark every day!

Hobson's choice? John.

[Lias]

All this talk of a female commisioner ended up causing me a mental of image of howard broad in drag..

...mein eyes, mein eyes.....

[Hitcher]

It's not just a male/female thing in the case of the Police, but the whole sworn/non-sworn thing too. A question to be answered is does the Commissioner of Police need to be a sworn career officer? There are elements of The Peter Principle afoot here.

[Patrick]

The 2 I/C is a female... Lynn PROVOST, a public sector worker with no Police experience.

Not sure what the Peter Principle is there, Hitch... but I believe the boss should be a sworn cop... who knows what it is like out there in the front lines.

[JimO]

The 2 I/C is a female... Lynn PROVOST, a public sector worker with no Police experience.

Not sure what the Peter Principle is there, Hitch... but I believe the boss should be a sworn cop... who knows what it is like out there in the front lines.

yea the boss should know where all the good doughnut shops are

[Hitcher]

The Peter Principle, simply put, is that people are promoted until they reach their level of incompetence.

It is commonly demonstrated in hierarchical organisations where people are promoted up some sort of career "ladder", often without any training or demonstrated competance necessary to go to the next rung. The next rung usually comes with greater authority and commensurate reward.

Organisations such as the Police, media, education, IT, and the public service generally are notoriously bad at this. Just because somebody is good at nicking crims or teaching kids, doesn't necessarily mean that they will be a competent manager, apart from the odd exception that further fuels this practice.

[Pixie]

The Peter Principle, simply put, is that people are promoted until they reach their level of incompetence.

It is commonly demonstrated in hierarchical organisations where people are promoted up some sort of career "ladder", often without any training or demonstrated competance necessary to go to the next rung. The next rung usually comes with greater authority and commensurate reward.

Organisations such as the Police, media, education, IT, and the public service generally are notoriously bad at this. Just because somebody is good at nicking crims or teaching kids, doesn't necessarily mean that they will be a competent manager, apart from the odd exception that further fuels this practice.

Sometimes it is the result of management not wanting to lose their competent staff and therefore they promote the useless ones